Coin-delivery device.



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COIN DELIVERY DEVJCE.

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ANo. 645,534.

J. M. BUTGHER.

COIN DELIVERY" DEVICE.

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COIN DELIVERY DEVICE.

(Application filed Mar. 24, 1899.) v (No Model.)

me mmm vcrzns co. Pumamno.. msnm JAMES M. BUTOHER, OF DENVER, COLORADO,ASSIGNOR OF SEVEN-EIGHTHS TO WILLIAM B. REDMON D, AGENT, GARRETT BROWN,HARRY O. CLARK, AND JULIAN S. BOULLEMET, OF SAME PLACE. v

COIN-DELIVERY DEVICE.

SPECIFIATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,534, dated March 13,1900.

Applicfttion filed March 24,1899. Serial No. 710,353. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. BUTCHER, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-` siding at Denver, in thecounty of Arapahoe and State of-Oolorado, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Coin-Delivery Devices; and I do declare thefollowing to be a f ull,'clear, and exact description of t-'heinvention, such as will enable others skilled ro in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, lreference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and iigures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

I5 My invention relates to improvements in coin-delivery devices of theclass adapted for use in banking-houses and other commercial andfinancial establishments where the ready and correct making anddeliveryof change is zo a desideratum.

My object is to provide an apparatus of this class which shall becomparatively simple in construction, economical in cost, reliable,durable, and efficient in use; and to these ends the invention consistsofthe features,arrange ments, and combinations hereinafter described andclaimed, all of which will be readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, Vin which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a'front elevation of my improved machine.Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the same on the line X X,Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a top view with the top of the casing removed. Fig. 4fis a rear View with the back plate removed, the position of the coinhopperan'd chute being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsection taken through the apparatus above 4o one of the sliding plates.Fig. G is a detail sectional view taken through one of the coinejectingtongues and showing its actuating lever-arm in position, the parts beingshown on a larger scale. Fig. 7 is a detail front View illustrating themechanism for operating a dollar coin ej ecting tongue simultaneouslywith the operationof another tongue. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspectiveview illustrating certain features in detail and on a larger 5o scale. i

Similar reference charactersindicatiiig corresponding parts in theviews, let the 'numeral 5 designate a suitable casing whose top plate 5ris provided with coin-receptacles 6, which have a circular open bottomto allow the lowermost coin to rest upon a crescentshaped ledge7,centrally slotted, as shown at 7C, to permit the entrance of acoin-ejecting tongue 8,mounted on a keeper 9. This tongue is pivoted onthe keeper,'as shown at 10, and 6o is provided with a depending arm 8,projecting into a slot 9iL formed in the keeper. Projecting alsoi-ntothis slot is a lever-arm 12, whose upper*Y extremity normallyoccupies a position immediately in the rear of the arm 8M 65 of thetongue. As the arm 12 is thrust rearward, as hereinafter explained, thearm da is given a corresponding movement, whereby the rearward extremityof the ,tongue is raised to engage the lowermost coin of the stack of 7ocoins in the receptacle. As soon as this occurs the arm 8 of the tongueengages the wall 9 of the keepernvhich is then thrust ybodily rearward,causing the tongue to eject the coin, which falls in the hopper 13 and75 thence into the forwardly-extending downwardly-inclined chute 14,whose forward extremity 11 protrudes through an opening formed in thefront wall of the casing. Each keeper is recessed to allow the tonguesto pass 8o below the coin-supporting ledges at the bottom of thereceptacles, whereby the retraction of the tongues is not materiallyretarded by the weight of the superimposed coins.

Each keeper9 is supported upon the top 85 plate 7and bridges the space Aformed in the said plate between its front and rear portions. This plateis undercut on both sides of the slot 7c to allow the rear extremity ofthe keeper to move therein, while the for- 9o ward portion '7g of theplate is recessed, as shown at 7h, to receive the front extremity of thekeeper, which is arranged to slide freely back and forth in response tothe movement of its actuating lever-arm 12. There is a lever-arm 12 foreach coin-ejectingtongue. The lower extremities of these arms aremovably attached to a rod or shaft 15, whose extremities are mounted inbrackets 16, secured to. the bed-plate of the casing. These arms are roemovable independently of each other, and they are normally held in theupright position by an inverted-U-shaped rod 17, whose extremities arejournaled in the brackets 16. The central portion of this rod is engagedby a leaf-spring 1S, whose lower extremity is attached to an angle-plate19, fastened to the bed-plate by a screw 20, which passes through a slot2l formedin the angle-plate, whereby the latter becomes adjustable forthe purpose of regulating the tension of the spring. By reason of thisspring-held rod 17 the arms 12 are all returned automatically to theirnor- -lnal position after each rearward movement,

whereby a tongue 8 is actuated and a 'coin ejected.

As shown in the drawings, there are seven coin-receptacles adapted tohold dollars, halfdollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, therebeing two dime-receptacles and one receptacle only of the other coindenominations. The push-keys and the actuatingplates for the lever-arms12 are arranged to give any amount of change from five cents to adollar, the dierent amounts increasing by a common difference of fivecents, also pennies and two-dollar amounts, by the operation of a singlepush-key, each of which has its respective amount designated thereon.The mechanism is so arranged that any of the amounts, from one cent toninety-tive cents, may be increased by a dollar coin through theoperation of auxiliary mechanism hereinafter described. Each key iscornposed of a head or disk 22 and a stem 23. The inner extremity ofeach key-stem is attached to a shank 24 of a horizontal plate 25. Theseplates are constructed to actuate one or more lever-arms 12, accordingto the number of coin-ejecting tongues to be actuated. The dollar-key isconnected with a plate which actuates a single lever-arm 12, since thisarm operates the tongue which ejects the dollar coin. Again, theninety-five-cent key operates a plate which actuates four lever-arms 12,since a half-dollar, a quarter-dollar, and two dimes are to be ejected.The plate connected with the forty-five-cent key is shown in Fig. and isa fair illustration of the plates which actuate a number of lever-arms12. This plate is provided with projections 25a, located on oppositesides of a recess 25. The lever-arms 12, which actuate the twodimecoin-ejecting tongues, are operated by a proj ection 25,while thelever-arm which actuates the quarter-ejecting tongue is operated by theother projection 25. Hence it will be observed that by forming recessesin the plate 25 and making the parts 25n of greater or less Width anyplate may be constructed to operate any desired number of lever-arms 12.The sliding plates 25 are supported between the horizontal stationaryplates 26, secured to the sides of the case.

`Adjacent the rod 15, upon which the leverarms 12 are mounted, islocated a rock-bar 27, provided with upwardly-projecting auxeral orendwise movementto cause one of the arms 28 to interlock with the arm12, which actuates the dollarejecting tongue. The arms 2S are allrigidly attached to the bar 27, and they are so arranged that at leastone of the arms 2S will be engaged by the actuated sliding plate 25every time a push-key is operated. Hence the rock-bar 27 and all itsarms are actuated or thrust rearwardly every time a lever-arm isoperated and a coin ejected. When it is desired to increase the amountof money delivered at anypush of a key-stem by one dollar, the bar 27 isthrust endwise sufficiently to allow the arm 28 nearest thedollar-ejecting arm 12 to interlock with said last-named arm by means ofa projection 2S, with which the arm 2S is provided and which engages thearm 12 in front, whereby the two arms are interlocked. Then when anotherarm 12 is actuated in the manner heretofore explained the dollar-arm 12will also be actuated and an additional dollar delivered. All ot' thearms 2S are engaged by the spring-held rod 17, which returns them totheir normal position after each rearward thrust. The manner ofimparting the endwise thrust to the rock-bar 27 will now be explained.

Journaled in the stationary plate 7 is a horizontal rock-shaft 29, whoserear extremity is provided with a depending crank-arm 30. The forwardextremity of this shaft is provided with a horizontal crank-arm 31,whose free extremity is passed upwardly and passes through the top plateof the casing, through which it protrudes, as shown at 32. Thisprotruding extremity is provided with a pushbutton 33. By'pressing thebutton 33 the crank-arm is forced against the arm 28 and shifts the bar27 sufficiently to cause the projection 2S of the arm 28 to pass infront of the adjacent arm 12. Then when any push-key is actuated, whichnormally delivers from one penny to ninety-five cents, an additionaldollar is added to the amount. The arm 2S,containing the interlockingprojection 2S, is normally held disengaged from the adjacent arm 12 by aleaf-spring 34E, (see Fig. 2,) which engages one of the arms 28 on theright-hand side (see Fig. 4) and normally holds the rook-bar 27 at itslimit of movement toward the left.

The top of the case in front of the coin-recept-acles is provided with acompartment 35, in which additional change may be placed, if desired,for subsequent use in the said receptacles. This top part is providedwith a hinged lid 36, which normally covers the coinreceptacles and thesaid change-compartment, but which may be raised at pleasure to permitaccess thereto.

From the foregoing description the operation and use of the machine willbe readily IOC IIO

understood. The coins are stacked'in the receptacles 6 according-to thedenominations.

' (Shown in Fig. 1.) The coins are ejected in opening in the front ofthe machine, where they are discharged in the hand of the operator. Bysimultaneously pressing the button 33 an additional dollar is .deliveredthrough theinstrumentality of the rock-shaft'29, the crank 30, and thelever-arms 28. The leverarms 12 .and 28, as well as the slides 25 andthe push-keys, are returned to their normal position through theinstrumentality of the spring-actuated rod 17. f

I-Iaving thus d escribed myinvention, what I claim is- 1. In acoin-delivery device, the combination with coin-receptacles, ofcoin-ejecting tongues adapted to enter said receptacles,

sliding keepers upon which the tongues are pivotally mounted, andlever-arms engaging and adapted to actuate thev tongues.

2. In a coin-delivery device, the combination with coin-receptacles, ofcoin-ejecting tongues adapted to enter said receptacles, sliding keepersupon which the tongues are pivotally mounted, a series of lever-armsadapted to actuate the tongues, and a series of superposed slidesadapted to actuate the leverarms.

3. The combination with coin-receptacles,

of oscillating arms adapted to eject coins therefrom, superposed slidesadapted to actuate said arms, an inverted-U-shaped'rod engaging saidarms and having its extremities journaled in a suitable support, and aleatspring engaging said rod from the rear and adapted to retract thelever-arms and their engaging slides.

v 1. The combination with coin-receptacles, of coin-ejecting lever-arms,reciprocating slides engaging said arms, and suit-able means common toall the lever-arms for returning said arms and the slides to theirnormal position after each rearward thrust, said means comprising aswinging, inverted-U-shaped, spring-actuated rod, engaging the arms fromthe rear.

5. The combination with coin-receptacles, of coin-ejecting lever-arms,reciprocating slides engaging said arms, and suit-able means common toall the lever-arms for returning said'arms and the slides to theirnormal position after each rearward thrust, said means comprising aninverted- U -shaped rod, whose extremities are journaled in a suitable'support, the said rod engaging all the lever-arms, and an adjustableleaf-spring engaging the central portion of said rod on the sideopposite the lever-arms.

6. The combination with coin-receptacles, of coin-ejecting tonguesadapted to enter said receptacles, sliding keepers on which the tonguesare pivotally mounted, the tongues being provided with depending arms,and lever-arms adapted to actuate the tongues, and projecting into slotsformed in the keepers` in front of lthe tongues.

7. The combination with coin-receptacles, lot slidingkeepers,`tongueshaving the shape of bellcranks, `fulcrumed on thekeepers, which are slotted, and lever-arms projecting into the slots ofthe keepers whereby the leverarms first act on the tongues andraisetheir.

forward extremities to the planeof the lowermost coins.

S. The combination with coin-receptacles,

of` sliding keepers, tongues mounted on the keepers and adapted to enterthe coin-receptacles, lever-arms engaging the tongues and adapted toactuate the keepers, superposed slides engaging the lever-arms,push-keys connected with the slides, and means for si-` multaneouslyreturning all of said parts to their normal position after each rearwardor coin-eject-ing thrust. y i l 9. The combination withcoin-receptacles, of slotted, sliding keepers, tongues lnovably mountedon the keepers and having the shape of bell-crank levers, one arm ofeach tongue projecting -into the slot of its keeper., leverarmsprojecting into slots of the keepers and engaging the tongues,reciprocating slides, each ofwhich is adapted to actuate one or IOO morelever-arms, push-keys for o'peratingthe slides, and ayieldingly-retained rod for simultaneously returning the said parts'totheir normal position after each rearward or coinejecting thrust.

10. The combination of upright, coin-ejecting lever-arms mounted tomovel independ- A ently of each other, slides arranged one above anotherfor actuating the lever-arms, each slide being constructed and arrangedto op- IOO erate one or more lever-arms according to the v number ofcoins to be ejected at a single thrust, push-keys for operating theleverarms, an endwise-movable rock-bar having auxiliary. arms rigidlyattached thereto, projecting upwardly adjacent the coin-ejecting armsand in the path of the reciprocating slides, and means for imparting theendwise movement to the rock-bar whereby one of the auxiliary arms ismade to interlock with a lever-arm, whereby an additional coin isdelivered for each thrust of a slide. 11. The combination of upright,coin-ejecting lever-armsmounted to more independently of each other,slides arranged one above another for actuating the lever-arms, eachslide being constructed and arranged to operate one or more lever-armsaccording to the number of coins to be ejected at a single thrust,push-keys for operating the leverarms', an endwise-movable,yieldingly-retained rock-bar having auxiliary arms rigidly attachedthereto, projecting upwardly adjacent the coin-ejecting arms and in thepath of the reciprocating slides, and means for imparting the endwisemovement to the rockbar wherebyone of the auxiliary arms is made tointerlock with a lever-arm, whereby an additional coin is delivered foreach thrust of a slide. Y

12. The combination of upright coin-ejecting lever-arms mounted to moveindependently of each other, slides arranged one above another foractuating the lever-arms, each slide being constructed and arranged tooperate one or more lever-arms according to the number of coins to beejected at a single thrust, push-keys for operating the leverarms, anendwise-movable rock-shaft having auxiliary arms rigidly attachedthereto, projecting upwardly adjacent the coin-ejecting arms and in thepath of the reciprocating slides, and means for imparting the endwisemovement to the rock-bar whereby one of the auxiliary arms is made tointerlock with the lever-arm, said means comprising a rockshaft, acrank-arm attached to said shaft and engaging `one of the auxiliaryarms, and anothercrank-arm terminating in a push-key for operating saidshaft.

. 13. The combination of coin-receptacles, a stationarytransversely-slotted top plate located below said receptacles, slidingkeepers bridging said slot and having both extremities supported by thesaid plate, coin-ejecting, bellcrank tongues fulcrumed on the keepersand adapted to enter the coin-receptacles, and levers adapted to act onone arm of each bell-crank tongue.

14. The combination of coin-receptacles, a stationarytransversely-slotted top plate located below said receptacles, sliding,slotted keepers bridging said slot and having both extremities supportedby the said plate, coinejecting bell-crank tongues fulcrumed on thekeepers, one arm of each tongue projecting into the slot of its keeper,said keepers'being recessed to allow the tongues to pass below thecoin-supporting ledges at the bottom of the receptacles, whereby theretraction of the tongues is not materially retarded by the weight ofthe superimposed coins, and levers adapted to act on one arm of eachbell-crank tongue.

15. The combination of coin-receptacles, a stationarytransversely-slotted top plate located below said receptacles, sliding,slotted keepers bridging said slot and having both extremities supportedby the said plate, coinejecting, bell-crank tongues fulcrumed on .toallow the tongue'proper ejecting movement, said keepers being recessedto allow the tongues to pass below the coin-supporting ledges at thebottom of the receptacles,where by the retraction of the tongues is notlnaterially retarded by the Weight of the superimposed coins, andlever-arms for actuating the keepers whereby the tongue extremities areraised to the plane of the coins to be ejected. 16. The combination withcoin-receptacles, of a plate provided with centrallyslottedcrescent-shaped ledges forming the bottoms of said receptacles, keepersslidingly mounted on the plate, bell-crank, coin-ejecting tonguesmounted on the keepers and adapted to travel in the slots ot' the coin-supportin g ledges, and levers engaging the `depending arm of eachtongue. y 17. The combination with coin-receptacles, of coin-ejectingtongues adapted to enter said receptacles, sliding keeper's on which thetongues are pivotally mounted, the tongues being provided with dependingarms, leverarms adapted to actuate the tongues and projecting into slotsformed in the keepers in front of the tongues, a hopper located in therear of the machine and adapted to receive the ejected coins, and adownwardly-projecting, forwardly-extending chute leading from the saidhopper, and whose forward extremity protrudes through an opening formedin the front of the casing below the push-keys. 18. A coin deliverymachine comprising coin-receptacles, coin-ejecting tongues adapted toenter said receptacles, sliding keepers on which the tongues arepivotally mounted, the tongues being provided with `depending arms,lever arms adapted to actuate the tongues and projecting into slotsformed in the keepers in front of the tongues, reciprocating, horizontalslides engaging the leverarms, slide-actuating push-keys protruding fromthe front wall of the case, a coin-hopper located in the rear part ofthe case, and a downwardly-extending, forwardly-projecting chute whoseforward extremity protrudes through an opening formed in the front wallof the case below the push-keys.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, JAMES M. BUTCHER. Witnesses: V

GARRETT BROWN, A. J. OBRIEN.

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